Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

water-thief

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

Syllables: wa-ter-thief
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A thief or robber on the water, hence, a pirate.

Archaic

noun

A valve with multiple connections that permits bleeding a large line through several subordinate lines.

Etymology

From water + thief.

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

water-thieves (plural) waterthief (alternative)

Questions

What does water-thief mean?: A thief or robber on the water, hence, a pirate.
Where does water-thief come from?: From water + thief.

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